7/28/2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. - U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard Defense Cyber Optic Element (DCOE), under the state communications office, participated in Cyber Shield 21, the Department of Defense's largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-24, 2021.

7/23/2021
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard Defense Cyber Optic Element (DCOE), under the state communication office, participated in Cyber Shield 21, the Department of Defense's largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-24, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)

7/23/2021
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard Defense Cyber Optic Element (DCOE), under the state communication office, participated in Cyber Shield 21, the Department of Defense's largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-24, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)

7/23/2021
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers from the South Carolina National Guard Defense Cyber Optic Element (DCOE), under the state communication office, participated in Cyber Shield 21, the Department of Defense's largest unclassified cyber defense exercise, from July 10-24, 2021. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tim Andrews)

7/23/2021
U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers with Company A, 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, South Carolina National Guard, out of Dillon, South Carolina, conduct live-fire accuracy screening tests on M1A1 Abrams tanks, July 22, 2021, at Fort Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina. This live-fire exercise consisted of Soldiers ensuring complete armor accuracy checks, performing preventive maintenance checks and services, and zeroing sights on 50-caliber machine guns and tank barrels. This training is essential to Soldiers progressing and becoming proficient in live-fire gunnery to qualify as a team to support mission readiness. (U.S. Army National Guard video by Sgt. Tim Andrews)